Luc Robitaille got his second of the game less than one minute later. Jean-Sebastien Aubin made a save but slid out of position to the right of the net. Robitaille then took a pass from Jason Williams, who was behind the net, and easily knocked it in from the left-side of the goal.

Detroit, Luc Robitaille 2 (Jason Williams, Jiri Fischer), 11:46

Shots after one period were 17-10 in favor of Detroit.

The second period was the Sergei Fedorov Show as he netted a natural hat trick in a 7:21 span.

Sergei Fedorov got his first of the game to make it 3-1 Detroit. Darren McCarty and Fedorov came in on a 2-on-1. McCarty's shot was saved by Aubin but the rebound went to Fedorov who buried it from below the left circle.

Detroit, Sergei Fedorov 4 (Darren Mccarty, Jiri Fischer), 2:21

Fedorov made it 4-1 in favor of Detroit at 5:02. Fedorov circled out of the right corner, skated to the net, went forehand-to-backhand and slotted the puck home.

Detroit, Sergei Fedorov 5 (Chris Chelios, Brett Hull), 5:02

Fedorov finished off the natural hat trick at 9:42. Fedorov worked a give-and-go with Brendan Shanahan and one-timed the return pass by Aubin.

Detroit, Sergei Fedorov 6 (Brendan Shanahan, Brett Hull), 9:42

Pittsburgh got a late power play goal from Alexei Kovalev. Kovalev picked up a rebound of a Jan Hrdina shot and backhand a high shot from the inside of the right circle which beat Detroit goaltender, Manny Legace, short-side.

The Penguins looked like they might crawl back into the game when Ville Nieminen scored his second of the year at 4:53. Nieminen picked up a rebound of a Wayne Primeau shot, spun around and ripped a slapshot high far-side by Legace.

Pittsburgh, Ville Nieminen 2 (Wayne Primeau, Dan Lacouture), 4:53

The Wings responded quickly though with a Jiri Fischer goal 41 seconds later. Larionov threaded a cross-ice pas to Fischer who tapped it in at the left-side of the goal.

Detroit, Jiri Fischer 1 (Igor Larionov, Mathieu Dandenault), 5:34

Nicklas Lidstrom closed out the scoring to make the final 7-3. Lidstrom took a short pass from Kris Draper and took a slapshot from the left faceoff dot which beat Aubin high short-side.